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N-2018435 The City of Santa Ana is seeking a professional and experienced company to pre-employment psychological evaluation services; peer support training, and crisis counseling. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to: A. Complete Pre -Employment Psychological Evaluations Perform a complete pre-employment psychological evaluation for the City's Police Department applicants. Said psychological evaluation shall comply with the California Peace Officer's Standards and Training (POST) Psychological Screening Manual, as well as any additional psychological suitability criteria specified by the City's Police Department. A complete pre-employment psychological evaluation includes, but is not limited to a clinical interview, administration of necessary tests, scoring of tests and preparing verbal and written recommendation for employment. Consultant shall: 1. Provide the City's Police Department a list of available appointment times for psychological evaluations; the appointment times must be provided 24 hours prior to pre -scheduled Commander oral interviews. The psychological evaluations shall be administered within seven business days of the Commander oral interviews. 2.. Provide the City's Police Department with verbal recommendation of the candidate's psychological suitability for the classifications of Police Officer as well as other classifications within the Police Department within two (2) working days of said candidate's clinical interview. 3. Provide the City's Police Department with a written report of the candidate's psychological suitability for the classification of Police Officer as well as other classifications +within the Police Department within -five (5) working days of the candidate's clinical interview. This report must be received by the PD within five working days via US Mail, or maybe sent in a pdf document via e-mail. 4. Complete the necessary Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) Continuing Professional Education (CPE) required for psychologists conducting pre-employment peace officer evaluations. The initial CPE requirement of six hours must be completed by April 1, 2018. Evaluators will need to complete 12 hours of POST - approved CPE' every two years. The CPE Tracking System will calculate the required hours based on the effective date of this requirement, (September 1, 2014) and the date the psychologist began conducting peace officer evaluations. B. Complete Post -Traumatic Psychological Incident Evaluation Provide City's Police Department employees involved in violent incidents, such as a life-threatening and/or serious injury or death to any person, complete post-traumatic psychological evaluation. A complete post-traumatic psychological incident evaluation includes, but is not limited to, clinical interview and post-traumatic counseling,